Mop head



2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

(No ModeL) A. S. HELD.

I op HEAD.

No. 550,449. Patented Nov. 26, 1895.

- 2 Sheets-Sheet 2. A. S. HELD. MOP HEAD.

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AUGUST S. HELD, OF FREEPORT, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE STOVERMANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

HMOP-HEAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent'No. 550,449, dated November26, 1895.

Application filed March'26, 1895. Serial No. 543,234. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that 1, AUGUST S. HELD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Freeport, in the county of Stephenson and State of Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mop-Heads, of whichthe following is a specification.

The object of the invention is to produce a mop-head that in simplicity,convenience, and durability shall be more satisfactory than those nowcommonly in use.

In the accompanying drawings, which fully illustrate the invention,Figure 1 is a side view of the improved devices. Fig. 2 is a similarview, the larger parts being in section and the cutting plane beingaxial and parallel to the plane of the paper in Fig. 1. 3 is a sectionat 3 3, Fig. 1; and Figs. at, 5, and 6 relate to modifications.

In Figs. 1,2, and 3, A represents a mop-handle bearing a mop-head bodyconsisting of a socket B for the handle and a cross-bar B,

preferably having its lower side and its ends grooved in the usualmanner. The handle may be secured in place by a staple 0. Below andalongside the cross-bar lies a bar E for clamping a mop against thecross-bar, and upon opposite sides of the handle are ways D, parallel tothe latter and formed by internal grooves in the socket and by thehandle itself, which closes the grooves laterally. In these ways areentered the ends of the rods E whose opposite'en'ds are connected to thecorresponding ends of the bar E by arms E which lie in the end groovesof the cross-bar. For simplicity and economy the bar E, the arms E andthe rods E may be formed, as shown, from a single piece of heavyspringsteel wire suitably bent, though such integral formation is notindispensable. The rods are materially smaller than the channels inwhich they lie and hence may be inclined ith reference to such channelsor ways to a degree depending upon the distance to which enter furtherinto the ways unless the inclination be lessened; but the inclinationcauses little or no resistance to their sliding still fart-her out ofthe ways, and as they cannot move without a corresponding movement ofthe bar E it follows that the latter is free to move toward thecross-bar, but as it thus moves is always securely locked against theslightest return movement, for the rods are constantly and progressivelypulled over and kept in bitin g position by the elastic force mentioned.Force acting downward upon the bar E enormously increases the binding orbiting effect, and no matter how hard and smooth the rods and the waysmay be the stronger the pull the more remote the possibility ofslipping. If, however, the rods be swung by the hand into line with theways, they, together with the arms and bar E, are readily moved down tothe position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1. A suitable mop being thenplaced between the bar and cross-bar, the whole is placed uponthe floorwith the handle vertical, and by pressure downward upon the latter themop is clamped with almost any desired force, and, as already explained,the clamp constantly looks itself against the least return ormop-releasing movement.

If desired, the rods E may be notched, as shown at E to engage the edgeof the way- Walls.

To avoid direct contact of the lower ends of the rods with the handle,the way-grooves may be external, as shown at D,Fig. 4, a plate X beingfixed above the grooves and provided with perforations X for the passageof the rods into the latter.

Figs. 5 and 6 are analogous to Figs. 2 and-3 and show a furthermodification of the form of Fig. 4. Here the internal walls of thegrooves are notched or provided with a series of offsets D to receivethe ends of the rods E as the latter rises out of the waysthat is, asmore and more of the body of the rod appears above the way. The plate Xis shown as provided with recesses K to receive lugs L upon the socket Band thus prevent relative rotation of the plate and socket.

WVhat Iclaim is 1. The combination with a mop head body having waysapproximately parallel to the line of the handle and alongside the same,of a mop clamping bar lyingzbelow the head, rods normally inclined tothe direction of the ways but having their ends entered therein,respectively, and arms joining the opposite ends of said rods,respectively, to the corresponding ends of said clamping bar,substantially as set forth.

2. The combination with the mop head body having alongside the handleways approximately parallel to the same, of the normally inclined rodsentered loosely in said ways, the mop-clamping rod below said body, andthe inwardly bent arms integrally connecting the outer ends of theinclined rods to the corresponding ends of the mop-clamping rod,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

AUGUST S. HELD. Witnesses:

W. A. MERRIFIELD, J AS. W. DUNLOP.

